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The wiki page you linked specifically mentions deep space applications as a design goal. I'm not sure about the sodium heat pipes but the alcohol vapor heat pi
by asteli 8y ago
The wiki page you linked specifically mentions deep space applications as a design goal.
I'm not sure about the sodium heat pipes but the alcohol vapor heat pipes you see in electronics typically use an internal wick to return the working fluid.
- rbanffy 8y agoWorst case scenario is you put the reactor next to the toilet, in the rotating part of the spacecraft, to solve the problem with convection... These two things are enormously simplified when there is gravity.
- mcguire 8y ago"Worst case scenario is you put the reactor next to the toilet..." Please don't give any ideas to our collective employers.